Bai Xilie smiled dotingly.
He gently placed his daughter's small hand back under the quilt.
Before leaving, he blew out the lamps in the room.
But the four Luminous Pearls placed in the corners emitted a soft glow.
So as not to make the room too dark, lest Bai Zhi'er wake up at night afraid.
Bai Xilie gently closed the door.
He spent all his evenings with his daughter, so now, he needed to hurry back to the Imperial Study Room to review memorials.
Before leaving, he instructed Qingmei who was guarding the door: "Send two more palace Servants for the night, and if Zhi'er is afraid, come to the Imperial Study Room at once to inform me."
Bai Zhi'er had just arrived in a new environment, and Bai Xilie feared she might not adapt well.
Qingmei bowed her head and said: "Yes, I respectfully bid farewell to Your Majesty."
Bai Xilie's Chief Eunuch, Eunuch Quan Xi, had already led two rows of Palace Attendants, holding lanterns, waiting at the steps below.
